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Note, March 19, 1863, Lucy Hatch

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Note reading "March the 19 1863 Receive of G W Cheever Executor of Nathan Cheever Decease five dollars and a Note being the full amount willed to me by the said Nathan Cheever Decease Lucy Hatch"

Carte-De-Visite, Full Portrait Of Mr. & Mrs. "General Tom Thumb" In Their Wedding Costume, 1863, By Matthew Brady., Matthew B. Brady, E. & H.T. Anthony

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Charles Sherwood Stratton (whose stage name was "General Tom Thumb" in P.T. Barnum's productions) is pictured with his wife Lavinia Stratton (maiden name: Warren). Stratton and Warren were married on February 10, 1863. Verso of CDV includes mimeographed inscriptions by the couple.

County Tax Receipt, Elias Cornell Heirs, October 29, 1862, Elias Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for the heirs of Elias Cornell from the County Treasury of Franklin County, dated October 27, 1862. The total is thirteen dollars and twenty five cents. Signed by [] Thompson and J Dowdan.

County Tax Receipt, Angeline C. Cornell, October 29, 1862, Angeline C. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for Angeline C. Cornell from the County Treasury of Franklin County, dated October 29, 1862. The total is five dollars and eighty two cents.

County Tax Receipt, John B. Cornell, October 29, 1862, John B. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for John B. Cornell from the County Treasury of Franklin County, dated October 29, 1862. The total is six dollars and thirty three cents. Signed by [] Thompson and J Dowdan.

Carte-De-Visite, Full Portrait Of "Commodore Nutt," George Washington Morrison Nutt., Silsbee, Case, & Co.

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

"Commodore Nutt," a character played by little person George Washington Morrison Nutt in P.T. Barnum's productions, is portrayed.

County Tax Receipt, Elias Cornell Heirs, June 12, 1862, Elias Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for the heirs of Elias Cornell from the County Treasury of Franklin County, dated June 12, 1862. The total is fifteen dollars, eighty cents, and eight mills.

County Tax Receipt, John B. Cornell, June 12, 1862, John B. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for John B. Cornell from the County Treasury of Franklin County, dated June 12, 1862. The total is six dollars, eighty six cents, and four mills.

County Tax Receipt, Angeline C. Cornell, June 12, 1862, Angeline C. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for Angeline C. Cornell from the County Treasury of Franklin County, dated June 12, 1862. The total is five dollars, thirty five cents, and two mills.

Note, April 11, 1862, George Cheever

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Note that reads "April 11th 1862

Received of G. W. Cheever Executors of Nathan Cheever decesed[sic] thirty dollars, being the full amount [unknown] to ne by Said Nathan Cheever deceased Eunice Sebeing[sic]"

An Address Delivered In Saco, Oct.12, 1862 On The One Hundreth Anniversary Of The Organization Of The First Church In Saco, Me., Edward Strong Dwight

Maine Collection

An Address Delivered in Saco, Oct.12, 1862 on the One Hundreth Anniversary of the Organization of the First Church in Saco, Me.

by Edward Strong Dwight, 1820-1890

Saco (Maine): William Noyes, Printer, 1862.

Copy Book Transcription Of The Ballad Of Susanna Cox, 1862, Unknown Author

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

In this student copybook dating from circa 1862, the writer transcribes the ballad of Susanna Cox in both German and English. It recounts the trial and execution of a woman named Susanna Cox who killed her child, conceived out of wed-lock. The work copied in the book appears to be based on the Louis Storck translation of the ballad by Johann Philip Gombert.

County Tax Receipt, Angeline C. Cornell, December 24, 1861, Angeline C. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for Angeline C. Cornell from the County Treasury of Franklin County, dated December 24, 1861. The total is eight dollars, forty three cents, and two mills.

County Tax Receipt, Elias Cornell's Heirs, December 24, 1861, Elias Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for the heirs of Elias Cornell from the County Treasury of Franklin County, dated December 24, 1861. The total is fifteen dollars, eighty cents, and eight mills. Signed by [] Thompson.

County Tax Receipt, John B. Cornell, December 24, 1861, John B. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for John B. Cornell from the County Treasury of Franklin County, dated December 24, 1861. The total is eight dollars, ninety eight cents, and four mill, paid in full.

1861-10-07, Nathaniel To Mariah, Nathaniel E. Douglas

Nathaniel E. Douglas Civil War correspondence

No abstract provided.

County Tax Receipt, John B. Cornell, July 5, 1861, John B. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for John B. Cornell from the County Treasury of Franklin County. The total is six dollars, seventy one cents, and eight mills.

County Tax Receipt, Angeline C. Cornell, July 5, 1861, Angeline C. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for Angeline C. Cornell from the County Treasury of Franklin County. The total is six dollars, four cents, and four mills.

Last Letter Barnard E. Bee Wrote To His Brother H.P. Bee, June 20, 1861, Barnard E. Bee

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Bee sends his love to his brother's family and asks that his son be taken care of "should I fall in this war."

Treaty Of Fort Wise, 1861, United States Government

John Evans Study: Supporting Materials

Ratified Indian Treaty 315: Arapaho and Cheyenne (of the Upper Arkansas) - Fort Wise, Kansas Territory, February 18, 1861

Smith's New Geography : Containing Map Questions Interspersed With Such Facts As An Observing Tourist Would Notice, Which Are Followed By A Concise Text And Explanatory Notes : Based On A Combination Of The Analytical, Synthetical And Comparative Systems, Designed To Be Simple And Concise, But Not Dry, Philosophical, Yet Practical : For The Use Of Common Schools In The United States And Canada By Roswell C. Smith, Roswell Smith

Osher Map Library Collection Books

No abstract provided.

Matthew Fontaine Maury Letter To A Faculty Member Of The Naval Academy In Annapolis, Maryland; Washington, D.C., December 20, 1860., Matthew Fontaine Maury

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

No abstract provided.

County Tax Receipt, Angeline C. Cornell, October 15, 1860, Angeline C. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for Angeline C. Cornell from the County Treasury of Franklin County, dated October 15, 1860. The total is six dollars, four cents, and five mills.

County Tax Receipt, Elias Cornell Heirs, October 15, 1860, Elias Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for the heirs of Elias Cornell from the County Treasury of Franklin County, dated October 15, 1860. The total is fourteen dollars, twenty two cents, and eight mills.

County Tax Receipt, John B. Cornell, October 15, 1860, John B. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for John B. Cornell from the County Treasury of Franklin County, dated October 15, 1860. The total is six dollars, seventy one cents, and seven mills.

County Tax Receipt, John B. Cornell, June 12, 1860, John B. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for John B. Cornell from the County Treasury, dated June 12, 1860. The total tax is three dollars, two cents, and nine mills. Signed by Pat Stauring.

County Tax Receipt, Elias Cornell Heirs, June 12, 1860, Elias Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for the heirs of Elias Cornell from the County Treasury, dated June 12, 1860. The total tax is six dollars, forty eight cents, and one mill. Signed by Pat Stauring.

County Tax Receipt, Angeline C. Cornell, June 12, 1860, Angeline C. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for Angeline C. Cornell from the County Treasury, dated June 12, 1860. The total tax is one dollar, sixty four cents, and four mills. Signed by Pat Stauring.

Strike The Cymble Sheet Music, Lucinda Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

A hand-penned page of sheet music for the song “Strike the Cymble” with the lyrics included.

A Collection Of Newspaper Clippings, Lucinda Lenore Merriss, John B. Cornell, Harvard Lampoon, The Independent

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

A collection of newspaper clippings, largely comprised of poetry, and two handwritten poems, one by John B. Cornell and the other by L. L. Merriss. It is possible these handwritten poems are original, but it was also common to pen copies of favorite poems to include in letters or personal journals in the 19th century.